Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary

Special Requirements

CRITERIA FOR SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR AN INITIAL VIRGINIA LICENSE

Have completed a state-approved school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, speechpathologist or vocational evaluator or hold a current, valid license in another state with no deficiencies in one of these pupil personnel services areas;Hold a current, valid license from another state with no deficiencies with comparable endorsement(s) orteaching area(s);

• Licensure for Secondary Teachers varies depending on specific area of teaching (for example, Science, Social Studies, Math, Art, Music, etc.).
• Contact the Department of Education for a complete list of requirements for licensure in the State of Virginia

• General requirements for licensure are listed below

TYPES OF TEACHING LICENSES:
The following types of licenses are available to teachers:
1) Provisional License
2) Technical Professional License
3) Collegiate Professional License
4) Postgraduate Professional License

1) The PROVISIONAL LICENSE is a nonrenewable license issued for a period of three years to individuals who have been employed by a Virginia educational agency. It is available to: an individual holding a BACCALAUREATE degree from an accredited institution who meets the requirements for one or more endorsement areas (in - state or out-of-state); an individual entering the teaching field through the alternate route to licensure upon recommendation of the employing educational agency; an individual failing to meet an allowable portion of general, professional, or specific endorsement requirements; an individual seeking the Technical Professional License; or an individual who is eligible for licensure but who needs to successfully complete the professional teacher’s assessment prescribed by the Board of Education.

2) The TECHNICAL PROFESSIONAL LICENSE is a five-year, renewable license available to a person who has graduated from an accredited HIGH SCHOOL (or possess a General Education Development Certificate), who does not hold a baccalaureate degree but has exhibited academic proficiency, technical competency, and occupational experience. Individuals must: Hold a license issued by the appropriate Virginia Board for those program areas requiring a license and a minimum of two years of satisfactory experience at the journeyman - level or an equivalent; OR have completed a registered apprenticeship program and two years of satisfactory experience at the journeyman level or an equivalent in the trade; OR have four years of work experience at the management or supervisory level or equivalent; or have a combination of four years training and work experience at the management or supervisory level or equivalent. Individuals must have completed nine semester hours of specialized professional studies credit from an accredited college or university. The Technical Professional License is issued at the recommendation of an employing educational agency.

3) The COLLEGIATE PROFESSIONAL LICENSE is a five-year, renewable license available to an individual who has satisfied all requirements for licensure, including the professional teacher’s assessment prescribed by the Board of Education. It is also issued to an applicant from out-of-state who holds a current, valid license from that state or who has completed an approved teacher preparation program in another state in a comparable endorsement area and who has satisfied the professional teacher’s assessment requirement prescribed by the Board of Education.

4) The POSTGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL LICENSE is a five-year, renewable license available to an individual who has qualified for the Collegiate Professional License and who hold an appropriate earned graduate degree from an accredited institution.

Please respond to all questions. [The procedures for applying for a divisionsuperintendent license are listed in the next section.]: Attach a certified check, cashier’s check, money order, or personalcheck made payable to the Treasurer of Virginia. The in-state fee is $50 and the out-of-state fee is $75. Step 3- College Verification Form: Send this form to the certification/licensure officer of thecollege/university where you completed a state-approved teacher preparation program. The studentteaching/practicum/internship verification (Part II) must be completed for each student teaching/practicum/internship experience. (If you have completed a state-approved program at theundergraduate and graduate levels, please have both institutions complete a form.)Request the completion of this form by the appropriate accredited nonpublic or public school division official if you have completed at least one year of full-time contractual teaching or otherschool professional experience in kindergarten through grade 12 at a public or accredited nonpublic school.Please submit a copy of your Professional Teacher’sAssessment scores, if required. Please refer to the following Web site for testing information:http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/newvdoe/prof_teacher_assessment.pdf. state license (full credential without deficiencies) and who have completed a minimum of three years of fulltime,successful teaching experience in a public or accredited nonpublic school (kindergarten through grade 12)in a state other than Virginia may be exempted from the professional teacher’s assessment requirements.Contact the registrar’s office of each college or university where you have earned degrees or completed course work. Submit the transcripts with your application packet. (signature and embossed seal) that have been issued to students are acceptable. Placement records sent fromcolleges, grade reports, and photocopies of transcripts will not be accepted or returned.Submit a photocopy of each current out-of-state license.Code of Virginia to require that individuals seeking initial licensure and license renewalon and after July 1, 2004, must complete study in child abuse recognition and intervention in accordance withcurriculum guidelines approved by the Board of Education. All instructional personnel required to hold alicense for their positions are required to complete this requirement. Individuals must complete the ChildAbuse Recognition and Intervention requirement SCHOOL. Acomputer is connected to a printer when completing this training so you can print the certificate of completion. Submit this certificate with your completed application.

Step 1- Application Form:

superintendent license are listed in the next section.]

Please respond to all questions. [The procedures for applying for a division

Step 2- Nonrefundable Application Fee

check made payable to the Treasurer of Virginia. The in-state fee is $50 and the out-of-state fee is $75.

The fee is determined by the address on your application. A $25 processing fee is assessed for a check

Step 4- Report on Experience:

Step 5- Professional Teacher’s Assessment Scores:

Step 6- Official Student Transcripts:

Step 7- Out-of-state License(s):

Step 8 – Proof of Child Abuse Recognition and Intervention Training:

TECHNOLOGY

Individuals are required to meet the Technology Standards for Instructional Personnel approved by the Board of Education. Individuals who graduated from an approved teacher preparation program in Virginia since December 1998 have met the requirement as the Technology Standards were incorporated in the program. All other individuals will need to meet this requirement as outlined and verified by the employing Virginia educational agency.

Please submit a copy of your Professional Teacher’sAssessment scores, if required. Please refer to the following Web site for testing information:http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/newvdoe/prof_teacher_assessment.pdf.

state license (full credential without deficiencies) and who have completed a minimum of three years of fulltime,successful teaching experience in a public or accredited nonpublic school (kindergarten through grade 12)in a state other than Virginia may be exempted from the professional teacher’s assessment requirements.Code of Virginia to require that individuals seeking initial licensure and license renewalon and after July 1, 2004, must complete study in child abuse recognition and intervention in accordance withcurriculum guidelines approved by the Board of Education. All instructional personnel required to hold alicense for their positions are required to complete this requirement. Individuals must complete the ChildAbuse Recognition and Intervention requirement SCHOOL. Acomputer is connected to a printer when completing this training so you can print the certificate of completion. Submit this certificate with your completed application. A free training module is available at: www.vcu.edu/vissta/training/va_teachers

TECHNOLOGY

Individuals are required to meet the Technology Standards for Instructional Personnel approved by the Board of Education. Individuals who graduated from an approved teacher preparation program in Virginia since December 1998 have met the requirement as the Technology Standards were incorporated in the program. All other individuals will need to meet this requirement as outlined and verified by the employing Virginia educational agency.

Requests for evaluations for additional endorsements for individuals teaching (K-12) in Virginia are conducted at the request of an employing Virginia school division or nonpublic school.

An individual not currently teaching in Virginia may add an additional endorsement if the individual has met the requirements for the additional endorsement sought through a Virginia approved program or is eligible for an additional endorsement based on reciprocity (completing an approvedteacher preparation program in another state or holding the endorsement on a valid out-of-state license).

license by passing a rigorous academic subject test prescribed by the Board of Education. This testing option does not apply to individuals who are seeking an early/primary pre K-3 or elementary education preK-6 endorsement or who hold a technical professional license, vocational evaluator license, pupil personnel services license, school manager license, or division superintendent license.

FEE SCHEDULE FOR LICENSURE

Effective September 1, 1996

Updated September 21, 2007

The following fee schedule became effective September 1, 1996. Requests for the following actions must be accompanied by a personal check, money order, certified check, or cashier’s check made payable to the Treasurer of Virginia. A $25 processing fee will be charged for a returned personal check.

INITIAL LICENSE

In-state $ 50

Out-of-state $ 75

SUPERINTENDENT LICENSE

In-state $100

Out-of-state $150

LICENSE RENEWAL  $25

ADD/EVALUATE FOR AN ADDITIONAL ENDORSEMENT  $25

OTHER ACTIONS ON LICENSES  $25

Add a degree or duplicate/copy a license. Please note that there is no fee for a name change on a license. However, if a name change is the only request, a $25 fee for duplicating the license will be assessed.

 A CAP OF $50 WILL BE ASSESSED FOR A REQUEST FOR MULTIPLE ACTIONS ON A LICENSE.